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[–] 21 points 11 months ago (2 children)

That is, I'm guessing, either BQN or Uiua?


I have dabbled in APL, and it can be written either as 'line noise' like this, or as readable as any other language, with comments, control blocks and clear variable names. Let's just say I have ... opinions on tacit programming like this.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago*

    First time I'm seeing Uiua, and I like it. It's kind of cute, even though I know I'll probably never use it.

    However, seeing one of their goals being "code that is as short as possible while remaining readable" is kind of ironic, given how it looks and reads. But I don't mind, it's still pretty adorable.

    It looks like it's hell to learn and write. It's possible that once you learn all the glyphs (which IMO adds unneccessary complexity that goes against their goal of being readable), it might be easier to parse. I'm probably not the target audience, though.

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  • [–] 36 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez problems?

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  • [–] 15 points 11 months ago

    this looks like uiua!

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago

    AOC is a programmer?

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago

    I kinda like the idea of Uiua. It's extreme and meme, but the concept is really interesting. I think our language and writing limits us, and in 30-40 years with enhanced interfaces and cognitions, we will be using things like this.

    Similar to how ancient Persians used 3D handwriting to convey much more data in compact forms.

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Our local wizard who casts these spells is @mykl@lemmy.world

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    That looks like what'd happen if one put APL in a blender. I don't know who came up with whatever that is, but they need to get outside more. Or, you know, just once maybe.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago*

    Your regexp got out of hand.

    Does it multiply?

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah, doesn't look like APL to me, but I don't know it well enough to tell for certain.

    Either way, that much code in a language that is at least as concise as APL... what is this? a full office suite?

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago (6 children)

    This looks somewhat like perl...

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    omg there's stuff worse than Perl out there?

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    There are entire categories of languages less readable than Perl...

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    that is not enchantment table </3

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